Simulation of accuracy performance for wireless sensor-based construction asset tracking

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 335-345

  Skibniewski, Mirosław J ^a   Jang, Won Suk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSET TRACKING; CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE DESIGN; HIGH RELIABILITY; MOBILE ENTITIES; NETWORKING ARCHITECTURE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRIMARY TASK; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REMOTE TRACKING; RF SIGNAL; SIMULATION RESULT; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO WAVES; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHITECTURE; CONSTRUCTION; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSOR; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; TRACKING;

EID: 65749096437     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2009.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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